My time in Bulgaria has been lovely. The groceries and coffee are cheap, the people generally friendly, and the weather sunny.

Today I spent a few hours at the National Gallery. It wasn’t enough to see everything. The collection includes a lot of Rodin. You can definitely see the influence of the end of the Ottoman occupation. Ten years after, all those artists who trained in Vienna came back to make some amazing art.

The rest of the day I repacked and culled my backpack. A lot didn’t make the cut. Sorry, every long-sleeved thing I had left!

Tomorrow I’ll move on to Madrid for the weekend. And then off to Morocco for a bus tour. It’s off-budget…..but screw it. I don’t know when the opportunity will arise again to see even a tiny part of Africa.

Night, all!

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